Bramston Beach House

Innisfail Golf Club

Innisfail Golf Club is a public access golf course situated in the heart of Tropical North Queensland. Its location in one of the greenest areas of Australia guarantees that this beautiful and challenging 9/composite 18 hole course provides a truly enjoyable golfing experience.

Babinda Golf Club

The Babinda Golf course is a great course to play and its fairways are always well looked after. The backdrop is amazing with the Mountains covered in lush tropical rainforest. According to website reviews the golf club has a number of people that get together on Sundays to play 9 holes which is followed by a BBQ.

Josephine Falls

Josephine Falls is a secluded freshwater swimming hole, located at the foot of Queensland's tallest mountain, Mt. Bartle Frere (1657m). 

A series of waterfalls flow into large pools surrounded by boulders. Rainforest trees hang over the water, keeping it cool and refreshing. We take a short walk to a series of dramatic cascading waterfalls amidst the lush tropical rainforest. Take the plunge in the exciting natural rockslide

Babinda Boulders

The Boulders are similar to Josephine Falls, a popular freshwater swimming hole set amongst thick rainforest (considered one of the most beautiful places in Australia by the author). There are a number of walking tracks that are easy and well marked with good picnic and BBQ facilities.

You can walk along a rainforest path to the magnificent, breath taking granite gorge created in millions of years and listen to the ancient Aboriginal legend about the creation of the Boulders. Learn about the evolution of one of the World's oldest rainforests.  The Boulders make a perfect stop on a hot day and it is an area that the whole family can enjoy

Goldfield Trail (Walking track)

From The Boulders Scenic Reserve near Babinda, the Goldfield trail follows Babinda Creek upstream. After 1km, the trail enters Wooroonooran National Park and leaves the creek edge but continues along flat ground. This section was partly logged before being declared Bellenden Ker National Park in 1921. The park name was changed to Wooroonooran National Park in 1994.

After about 3km the trail rejoins the creek. Five hundred metres on, the trail begins a gradual climb, drifting out of sight of the creek, but the tranquil sounds of running water can still be heard. The creek crossing, a further 500m along the track, offers the chance to enjoy the rainforest surrounds.

After walking about 5.5km you will come across another creek crossing. You can rest in this peaceful setting and listen for the calls of the rainforest birds: the raucous screams of the sulphur-crested cockatoos or the chatter of smaller bush birds like the scrubwrens and thornbills. Look out for Australian brush-turkeys turning over leaf litter on the forest floor.

From this creek the trail climbs steeply and then crosses a series of side gullies. The ground is quite rough and care should be taken, especially after wet weather. The trail continues across a series of small creeks for a further 1.5km before reaching the top saddle between the peaks of the Bellenden Ker Range. You may notice some differences between the forest here and the start of the track.

Follow the trail to a narrow ridge. Look to the north and enjoy views over the slopes of the Bellenden Ker Range. Listen for running water in creeks on either side of the ridge and look over the canopy of trees growing on the slopes below. Where the ridgeline starts to drop steeply there is an excellent view of the Goldsborough Valley and west to the Atherton Tableland.

The trail descends into the valley flats beside another delightful creek. It then winds to and fro across the creek before reaching the banks of the East Mulgrave River. The clear, deep ponds of the river are a refreshing sight. Although there are no facilities, bush camping is permitted here. Please note that after heavy rain it may be impossible to wade across the East Mulgrave River causeway.

From this point, the old logging track follows the river for 8km. Look for Kearney Falls as you approach the Goldsborough Valley campground.

The trail may also be walked in the other direction, starting from the Goldsborough Valley campground. From this end, it first follows 8km of a former logging track to the East Mulgrave River causeway, and then continues a further 11km to The Boulders Scenic Reserve.

(Source: Queensland Environmental Protection Agency)

Lake Barrine

Lake Barrine (part of the Crater Lakes National Park) is a volcanic mark surrounded by rainforest. The deep waters of the lake and the pleasant coolness of the Atherton Tableland have combined to make Lake Barrine a popular stop for visitors to the area. The track around the lake allows for forest-fringed secluded views of the lake and excellent opportunities for viewing wildlife.

Crater Lakes National Park is within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area (WTWHA). Proclaimed in 1988, the WTWHA extends for about 450km between Cooktown and Townsville. Consisting of nearly 900,000ha, vegetation is primarily tropical rainforest, but also includes open eucalypt forest, wetlands and mangrove forests. The WTWHA meets all four natural criteria for World Heritage listing. These criteria recognise the area’s exceptional natural beauty and the importance of its biological diversity and evolutionary history, including habitats for numerous threatened species. The WTWHA also has cultural significance for Aboriginal people who have traditional links with the area and its surrounds.

(Source: Queensland Environmental Protection Agency)